Plasma therapy helps heal deep wounds and fight pathogens

New therapy uses plasma and electrodes to promote wound healing through deep stimulation

The PlasmaDerm therapy from Kraiburg Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) customer Cinogy enables nursing staff to treat chronic wounds and skin diseases with a procedure that promotes wound healing and fights multi-resistant pathogens.

The sterile sensor pad, through which the spacer comes into contact with the human skin, is manufactured using TPE of the Thermolast M series from Kraiburg TPE.

Dirk Wandke, managing director of Cinogy, said: “Our process is used for treating open wounds, which is why it is of essential importance to us that the contact material of the sensor pad comply with all relevant medical certifications and can be used in direct contact with the human bloodstream.

“We are therefore pleased to have found KRAIBURG TPE as a development partner who shares our high quality standards and on whom we can rely in every respect.”

Cinogy developed the first portable device to generate non-thermal, or “cold” plasma directly on the skin at atmospheric pressure.

In the patented PlasmaDerm process the spacer is placed on the skin. By activating high-voltage impulses, electrical fields transform the air between the spacer and skin into non-thermal plasma.

The patient may feel a slight tingling of the skin, but no pain and according to Kraiburg TPE, as opposed to existing spot treatments, the electrode in the Cinogy process is mechanically flexible and has a large area to ensure an even distance from the skin.

The Thermolast M material surrounds the sensor pad of the PlasmaDerm device as a sterile, exchangeable spacer for one-time use, Kraiburg TPE said.